1 | !![[Theatre/TheBirthdayParty The play]]: |
2 | * JerkassWoobie: Stanley is not a particularly likeable man - he seems to enjoy tormenting Meg out of spite, and it's implied that he's somewhat of a shady character who may indeed be guilty of some wrongdoing. However, it's hard not to sympathize with Stanley after the psychological (and perhaps unseen physical) torture Goldberg and [=McCann=] put him through, to the point where he isn't even able to speak when he's taken away. |
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4 | !![[Music/TheBirthdayParty The band]]: |
5 | * SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: |
6 | ** "The Friend Catcher" is considered one of Rowland S. Howard's greatest achievements in guitar feedback and one of the seminal moments of the band becoming The Birthday Party. The lyrics? |
7 | --> ''She, by the hair of my chinny chin chin''\ |
8 | '''''HEE''' haw '''HEE''' haw '''HEE''' haw '''HEE''' haaaaaw!'' |
9 | ** "Figure of Fun": |
10 | --> ''And I'm impressed by everyone''\ |
11 | ''But I impress no-one\ |
12 | ''It's irritating!'' |
13 | ** "A Dead Song" sounds like [[TheIgor Igor]] trying to sing at a concert while writing the lyrics on the fly and simultaneously forgetting them. |
14 | ** Nick's occasional comments during live shows could be quite funny. |
15 | *** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaWn0qcRYFA One 1982 performance of "Release the Bats" at the Hacienda]] involved him smacking the audience with a stick, and eventually they grabbed it out of his hand. |
16 | --->'''Nick''': (Trying not to laugh) "''Sex horrorSex vamp-'' You win, you got the stick!" |
17 | *** From ''Live 1981-82'': |
18 | ---> "Thank you, I love your haircuts as well." |
19 | * HilariousInHindsight: Nick Cave, the wild young man singing songs like "Release the Bats" and "Sonny's Burning," became part of the Australian delegation to the coronation of King Charles III. |
20 | * SignatureSong: |
21 | ** "Release the Bats", much to the band's chagrin, was an indie hit and became one of the seminal vampire songs alongside "[[Music/{{Bauhaus}} Bela Lugosi's Dead]]" that GothRock fans latched onto. |
22 | ** "Shivers" was this for the band's The Boys Next Door incarnation and for Rowland S. Howard overall as a songwriter and musician. |
23 | * SignatureStyle: Wailing madman vocals of sex and violence over walls of sharp guitars and feedback, driven by a thick, sleazy bass and sharp, crisp drums. Or: strip club music in {{hell}}. |
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